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“That the environment should respond to human thought. That is the core of magic and the oldest dream of mankind.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Death of Doctor Island” in Universe 3 (1973), ed. Terry Carr, p. 17 (reprinted in Nebula Award Stories 9, p. 19)
“Experimentalists dream of some spectacular discovery such as the proof of the existence of black holes to justify the more than eight billion dollars it has cost to build the LHC.”
John Moffat (physicist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you have hope in the future, you have power in the present. And when you lose that hope, your dream goes with it.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve been swimming for 25 years, and I don’t think there is one swim that I have done where someone didn’t say beforehand, ‘I don’t think it’s possible’ or ‘You’ll never make it’. If someone tells you that you can’t achieve your dream, don’t waste good time arguing. Walk away and do it.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone holds an intuition and hidden dream which is so specific to that person. This particular unknown and hidden intuition would be awakening if it gets involved with the most harmonious part of nature related to it.”
Elia M. Ramollah (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom.”
Nigel Farage (born 1964) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Leave campaign ahead in UK's EU referendum vote BBC News (24 June 2016)
“I dream India of becoming a great economic superpower.”
Dhirubhai Ambani (1932–2002) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a video interview, Dhirubhai Ambani & Chitralekha (16 January 1995)
“If life but a dream, then WAKE ME!”
Josh Homme (born 1973) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Keep Your Eyes Peeled", ...Like Clockwork (2013)
“Weddings are days when the unwed dream of theirs... and the wedded regret theirs.”
Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’re taught in the Jewish tradition the same story over and over, whether it’s the Holocaust or the Maccabees, we have to rise above persecution and do our best, just as the magic is about making people dream, we learned to take things that aren’t supposed to be and turn them into something beautiful.”
David Copperfield (illusionist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In fact, the nation's biggest investment pools are the retirement funds of the large corporations and governmental bodies, such as the California Public Employees Retirement System (CALPERS), which manages an astounding $170 billion. These plans receive a level of professional management that even the nations wealthiest investors can only dream of.”
William J. Bernstein (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic first-class cricket. It is 16 years since I played my first Test match for India and today I feel it is an time to move on. Once I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling.”
Rahul Dravid (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No dream is ever chased alone. As I look back, I have many people to thank for teaching me and believing in me. My junior coaches in Bangalore and at various junior national camps inculcated in me a powerful love of the game which has always stayed with me”
Rahul Dravid (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No dream is ever chased alone.”
Rahul Dravid (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Delirium, dream, death—Three-D. What was the fourth?”
Justina Robson (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life – the break of dawn, the sound of a stream.Twilight.Dusk. Silent or loud, eloquent scream of joy or despair or just an ecstatic dream…”
Manav Gupta (born 1967) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referenced from TEDx Talk (19 October, 2012)
“Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.”
Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I gave up my dream of flight and rebirth, and invented a proverb to fit the occasion: he who produces an illusion is more likely than anyone else to be taken in by it. The thought gave me very little comfort.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Into the day as by dream I swim to the music of nourished meaning.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the star dies, its eye closes; tired of watching, it flies back to its first bright dream.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A hidden spark of the dream sleeps in the forest and waits in the celestial spheres of the brain.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A word only writes its night and rides its dream.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You ask how it is possible To be your own father and son. You should seek answers, Although it is better to anticipate some, To be the light and dream.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fly without wings; dream with open eyes.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always known that I want to be a scholar. That it is a worthy thing for a man to work at the university and discover the secrets of nature. Scientific work was not a revelation, it was not a change in life direction – except my first dream to be a pearl diver. It was all from the nature, from home.”
Jerzy Vetulani (1936–2017) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2013): Macanie świata, interview. Focus (in Polish).
“Part of me felt like something momentous was about to happen. The other part of me expected to wake up at any moment, to come out of this fever dream or stress episode or whatever it was and wake up with my face in a puddle of drool on the Smart Aid break room table and think, Well, that was strange, and then return to the boring old business of being me. But I didn't wake up.”
Ransom Riggs (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
Ransom Riggs (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marxism has been the greatest fantasy of our century. It was a dream offering the prospect of a society of perfect unity, in which all human aspirations would be fulfilled and all values reconciled.”
Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009) first seen 1206 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epilogue, p. 1206
“If there's anyone out there who still doubts that Ireland is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time, who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, reinvent ourselves and prosper, today is your answer.”
Enda Kenny (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With one breath, with one flow You will know Synchronicity A sleep trance, a dream dance, A shared romance Synchronicity A connecting principle Linked to the invisible Almost imperceptible Something inexpressible”
Sting (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we share this nightmare Then we can dream Spiritus mundi If you act as you think The missing link Synchronicity”
Sting (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only wanted to play baseball. I only wanted to play shortstop. I only wanted to play for the Yankees. My whole life. It wasn't like I wanted to play for another team and ended up in New York. It wasn't like I wanted to play another position and ended up at short. This has always been the dream of mine: to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. And I get a chance to do it.”
Derek Jeter (born 1974) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Tom Verducci, "Derek Jeter: In his own words", Sports Illustrated (November 30, 2009).
“Make no mistake; the people of Iran will not risk their lives for a candidate, but rather for the dream of human rights, freedom, democracy and ultimately a better life. Like all great enduring movements, this is about ideas, and for this reason the most profound slogan being chanted is: “We don’t want our votes back! We want our country back!”
Reza Pahlavi (born 1960) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Christoph Lehermayr, Der Sohn des Schahs spricht exklusiv mit NEWS.at: "Ich bin bereit, Konig zu werden", NEWS.at, September 15, 2009.
“The philosopher does not just ‘play’ with metaphors: his play is of a ‘formidable seriousness’, for it is designed to oppose modernity’s hatred for art, to obliterate precisely the opposition between play and seriousness, dream and reality.”
Sarah Kofman (1934–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Wild] with a dream of wildness.”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe with all my heart that the dream to evangelize the world in this generation will be accomplished by God's power working through his disciples. And to God be the glory!”
Kip McKean (born 1954) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: http://www.kipmckean.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Revolution_through_Restoration_1_2_3.pdf, Ending to Revoultion Through Restoration 1, 1992.
“A religion is a kind of group dream—the subjective poetry in which, supporting one another’s faith or need to believe, we strive desperately to believe.”
Weston La Barre (1911–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are at least three fundamental ways in which the rebel impulse may become perverse: (1) [we can] get caught in a stance that always positions us against others; (2) [we can be] deficient in the power to say “no,” and hence follow the path of least resistance; and (3) [we can] seek to prolong the adolescent dream of endless possibilities, and hence live in a moratorium from commitments.”
Sam Keen (1931–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe if they weren’t constantly being injection-fed MTV/MuchMusic bling and videhoes, some of them’d dream of becoming scientists instead of…whatever the hell it was they dreamed of.”
Malcolm Azania (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That town was stifling. Three of us got out. Me, John Barth and the guy who wrote "You Are My Sunshine." My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.”
Bea Arthur (1922–2009) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In "Profile: A Star Without Even Trying; Having Conquered Stage and Television, Award-Winning Bea Arthur" by John Fitzgerald, The Globe and Mail (August 31, 1991), p. 7
“My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.”
Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview Los Angeles Times (1948)
“In recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners. I say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also descended from immigrants.”
Pope Francis (1936–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I try to rediscover why that object exists at all, and why one should take the trouble to reconsider It. I don't consider the technical or commercial parameters so much as the desire for a dream that humans have attempted to project onto an object.”
Philippe Starck (born 1949) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Starck (1996) in: Graphis: International Journal for Graphic and Applied Art (1996) Vol 7; Vol 52. p. 7
“In the end the American dream boils down to what? I'm getting mine and to hell with you.”
Steven Pressfield (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the chance to fulfill a dream.”
“The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.”
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see, indeed I know, that in some sense God is love, and God is wisdom, and God is creative action, yes and God is beauty; but what God actually is, whether the maker of all things, or the fragrance of all things, or just a dream in our own hearts, I have not the art to know. Neither have you, I believe; nor any man, nor any spirit of our humble stature.”
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is my dream that one day, great buildings like this one will exist in every corner of the world so every child can grow up with the opportunity to succeed.”
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source